If you've shopped for a hard drive, SSD, or even a simple USB flash drive recently, you've probably noticed it: storage prices have risen significantly since the beginning of the year. Last year, we discussed the ongoing hard drive shortage,...

If you're currently shopping for a professional hard drive or have recently received a product labeled SanDisk Professional or G-DRIVE, you may be wondering why both brands seem to coexist. Rest assured: they are essentially the same product. A Look...

We are pleased to announce that we now offer the full range of SymplyPRO LTO drives, including Desktop and Rackmount models, designed for professionals. 🔹 Why Choose Symply? Symply is a UK-based manufacturer known for robust and reliable products, specifically designed...

This guide outlines the steps required to configure a G-RAID MIRROR drive to RAID 0 mode in order to use the full disk capacity, i.e., without redundancy. Please note: this process is data-destructive and cannot be undone. All data on...

Format a drive for use on Windows or macOS. Critical: Formatting a drive is Data Destructive and cannot be undone.ALL THE DATA ON THE DRIVE WILL BE LOST! Format for Use on Windows Windows 11 and 10 Using File Explorer (Quick...

If you are working with Windows and your new external drive is not detected, you need to reformat and optimize your drive’s compatibility with NTFS or ExFat Formatting. If the external drive is not new and has content in it but...

TLDR: Same product, G-RAID Project 2 is the newer version. G-RAID Project 2 is pre-formatted in RAID-0, while G-RAID Mirror is pre-formatted in RAID-1. The G-RAID Project 2 is the newer version, replacing the G-RAID Mirror. It comes with a...

What is an LTO ? LTO (Linear Tape-Open) is a magnetic tape data storage technology developed in the late 1990s by IBM, HP, and Seagate to create an open standard and increase competition in the market. Its main format, LTO...

Your hard drive can be formatted to many different formats, and each of these formats serves a specific purpose: APFS– Apple File System HFS– Hierarchical File System, otherwise known as MacOS NTFS– New Technology File System exFAT– Extensible File Allocation...